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THE GROUPIE'S GUIDE TO ALL-STAR WEEKEND Women of low moral stand­ing, take note. A seasoned groupie gives the ins and outs of All-Star Weekend.

DATE OF ARRIVAL ACCEPTABLE MODES OF TRANSPORT HALL OFFAME: Private Jet ALL·STAR: Commercial Ai rline STARTER: Amtrak BENCHWARMER: Chinatown Bus "The mode of transportation for a pro groupie can do everything to enhance or detract from her confidence. A Hall-of-Fame level groupie gels shows on VH1 and Bravo. Meanwhile, your benchwarmer groupie has lots of Twitter followers, but owes late payments on her Honda Accord."

THE HOTEL HUSTLE 'It usually is illegal (or frowned upon) for hotel staff to give away information on guests. During All-Star Weekend, a bulk of players usually stay in the same hotel, which usually hosts the NB­PA's All-Star Gala. Groupies have been known to hide in closets during housekeeping, post up at the hotel 's bar, or gang up with groupie squads and cop a room in the same hotel."

THE HUNT HALLDFFAME: The Big Party ALL-STAR: The All-Star Game STARTER: Al l-Star Saturday Night BENCHWARMER: The Rookie Game 'The ones who just break into the game are usually al the Friday night rookie-sophomore game. Just like the players themselves, they are new to the game and just happy to be there. Hall of Fame and All-Star groupies find their way into the big-time par­ties, like Jay-Z and LeBron's annual 'Kings' party."

PRIMETIME "Once t-JI-Star Saturday night is completed, all bets are off. Onoe Saturday night hits, it is nothing but a countdown until the Monday when you can pretend to have morals again. Once all objectives have been completed and the player has infiltrated the very few camera-less areas in a TMZ world is when the groupie will strike. The unspeakable things that go on behind those closed doors can only be left to the imagination. Besides, this is a family magazine. " -As Told To Kazeem Famuyide

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GRAMMY SNUBS When it comes to rap music, why can't the Grammy Awards get it right?

~ speaking , the Grammy Awards haven't always been on point when it comes to Hip-Hop culture. This year, for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, Kanye West 's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

was overlooked in the Album of the Year category, despite leading overall nominations with seven, including Best Rap Album. Hope ODB isn't rolling over in his grave! Here are some other notable Grammy snubs:

0 In 1989, the Hip-Hop community boycotted the Grammys because the rap category was not televised.

0 Jay-Z boycotted the 1999 Grammys because he felt rap music was being . severely overlooked. It was a big statement for Jay, who was coming off his

highly successful Hard Knock Life ... Vol. 2.

0 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin ' was one of the biggest debut albums in Hip-Hop history. But that year, 50 got passed over in the Best New Artist

category. In the Best Rap Album category, he lost to a more critically acclaimed project, OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

0 Last year, Drake and Justin Bieber, two incredibly successful debut artists, were nominated for Best New Artist, but lost to Esperanza Spalding. -LuJaineCompere

10 SCHOOLBOY Q Habits & Contradictions showed that the TOE flag is being raised higher and higher.

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